Advice from Annie Lane.
I’m 72, and my husband is 80 years old. We have our own home, three acres, and we attend most of our grandkids’ plays, contests, games and practices.
We’ve made comments about how we are running everywhere with all the activities for our grandchildren, including running them to practices on days when they don’t have games, swim lessons, tennis, taking their dogs for walks, etc. How dare they say to us, “We’re millennials and that’s what we do. You’re retired, so what do you have to do?” Really! Well, we raised our children with a sense of balance. We ate a MEAL at the table at 6 p.m. -- no takeout! We allowed only ONE sport and ONE in-school activity at a time. Weekends were for family -- not traveling to a match. We took care of our family instead of gaslighting why we couldn’t. We offered to help them instead of them helping us. We had BALANCE in our lives.
If being rude and complacent to others’ needs is what a millennial is, you failed Humanity 101 and excelled at Gaslighting 400!Please note, many folks we know 60 and up are as confused as we are. A few have moved away as an excuse to not feel guilted into being Millennial Grandparents.
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